What a long, sad trip it's been

In Country
I: Cairo
II: Michigan Central
III: River Rouge
IV: Fallen and Firstborn
V: This Pendent World

This story ends the "All Saints Saga," which all began with a simple one-shot episode coda back in Season Four. Earlier stories in this 'verse:

Jonah of Dalhart
Once
The Shame Of It All
Feast Of All Saints

Thank you so much for reading!

Title: In Country, Chapter 4 of 5
Genre: SPN slash, AU based upon Episode 5:04, "The End"
Pairings: Dean/Castiel
Principals: Future!Dean, Future!Castiel
Rating: Hard R for Chapter IV
Warnings: Graphic violence, noncon (please check previous chapters for their ratings and warnings)
Spoilers: For SPN Episode 5:04
Word Count: 7,700 for Chapter IV (35,700 for the story so far)
Disclaimer: The Winchesters and all canon characters are the intellectual property of their creators. All original characters are mine. No money was made or sought in the writing of this story.
Summary: The world's gone to hell in the Croatoan apocalypse and Dean and Castiel have to put an end to it one way or the other.
The Story So Far: The turncoat demon Asmodeus (a.k.a. Asher) gives Cass a beating, a lecture and some heavenly bling, in that order, and ships him off to hell after Lucifer. Meanwhile Dean starves half to death and gets way too much unexpected attention from Lucifer down in hell. Unbeknownst to Lucifer, Sam makes a brief cameo appearance and offers Dean some much-needed advice and hope.

Author's Note: Inspiration for part of this chapter is owed to John Milton's great Biblical fic, Paradise Lost.

Need to catch up? Go back to Chapter III: River Rouge

( Chapter IV: Fallen and Firstborn )

breselida has taken on the monumental task of translating my story "Once" into Russian. I can't understand a word of it but I think it looks very cool:

http://www.supernatural.ru/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=6170

Also on her LJ: http://breselida.livejournal.com/3596.html

Very flattering to see one's writing in another language. Thank you, breselida!

Title: In Country, Chapter 2 of 5 (posted in two parts due to length)
Genre: SPN slash, AU based upon Episode 5:04, "The End"
Pairings: Dean/Castiel
Principals: Future!Dean, Future!Castiel
Rating: R for Chapter II (NC-17 for Chapter I)
Warnings: Sex, language, angst, violence, racial slurs (dubcon and implied noncon for Part I)
Spoilers: For SPN Episode 5:04
Word Count: 15,000 for Chapter II (~23,000 for story so far)
Disclaimer: The Winchesters and all canon characters are the intellectual property of their creators. All original characters are mine. No money was made or sought in the writing of this story.
Summary: It's 2015 and the world's gone to hell in the Croatoan apocalypse and Dean and Castiel are going to Detroit to put a lid on this mess one way or the other.
The Story So Far: Dean and Castiel have made it to Detroit and now find themselves in somewhat unwilling residence at one of the city's finer establishments.

Go back to Chapter I, Cairo

Author's Note: This chapter would not have been possible without the assistance of baylorsr and liptonrm who spent last Saturday driving me around Detroit, where I saw many of the city's finer establishments, including the real Michigan Central Station, which truly is a thing impossible to describe, and the tunnel of terror which is also very real and very, very scary. I don't know if Satan's living in that place or not, but someone's brand-new silver Cadillac was parked right at the front door of that vacant building, a real-life detail that was literally too strange, even for this story.

( Chapter II: Michigan Central, Part One )

I'm not sure if you're aware of dc_fireplace, a community dedicated to Dean/Castiel, but elvisglasses has put together a really beautiful anthology of Dean/Castiel fics, including my own All Saints Trilogy (Once, The Shame of it All, Feast of All Saints). You can download it here: http://community.livejournal.com/dc_fireplace/27445.html.

Please be sure to read the printing instructions at the end of the post. elvisglasses has done a beautiful job and I'm very flattered to be included in such a great collection. Please let her know what you think!

(All ratings and warnings from Part 1 apply.)

( Feast Of All Saints, Chapter Two of Two (Part 2) )

I haz many snowflake cookie v-gifts! Many thanks to:

slipperieslope
roque_clasique
maychorian
ghyste
mara_snh
janissa11
catdancerz

Now send real cookies plz.

As a show of thanks, you can look at this again: ( Now THAT'S all I want for Christmas... )